Mine Index Number: 7879
| Company Name:
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Henry Brayford
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| Mine Name:
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Brayford Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1899
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft
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Macoupin
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9N 8W
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22 The point is placed near the center of section 22, where Henry Brayford owned much of the land. The exact location of the shaft is unknown.
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Henry Brayford
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Brayford
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1899 The shaft was said to have been built in 1899, but the mine never opened due to Brayford’s death.
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None
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Biographical record
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1904
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Biographical record: this volume contains sketches of leading citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, 1904, Chicago, Illinois: Richmond & Arnold, 5558 p. - Ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
